ROPY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ROPY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ROPY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ROPY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ROPY
No single letter turns ROPY into another word.
How ROPY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ROPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What stands out about ROPY
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ROPY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Britishinformal
Of poor quality; slightly unwell.
Ropy first described wine or beer that had gone thick and stringy, and the general sense of shoddy grew out of that. British speech also uses ropy to mean off-colour rather than ill.
How ROPY is used
Before and after the noun. Informal.
- A ropy performance that the audience forgave.
- The word ropy first described spoiled beer.
- Feeling a bit ropy after the crossing.
- Ropy meant thick and stringy before it meant poor.
- The whole roof looks ropy from here.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ROPY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ROPY
The 4 tiles of ROPY in a different order — 3 found.
Words ending in ROPY
Showing 24 of 27 words that end in ROPY. Useful as a back hook: play ROPY onto a word already on the board.
Words with ROPY inside
Showing 24 of 39 words that contain ROPY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ROPY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ROPY
Common questions about ROPY
- Is ROPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ROPY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ROPY worth?
- ROPY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ROPY mean?
- Of poor quality; slightly unwell.
- What letters can be added to ROPY?
- No single letter can be added to ROPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ROPY:
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